For Friday, August 1, 2008

Kiwi fruit photo licensed under Creative Commons by Nick Atkins Photography

Incredible Discoveries Made in Remote Caves

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080731/sc_livescience/incrediblediscoveriesmadeinremotecaves


Phoenix lander discovers ice in Martian soil

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_sc/phoenix_mars;_ylt=Ar92fX_T5e9TFxE1Adoke1Cs0NUE

Dolphin calf born at aquarium in Baltimore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080731/ap_on_re_us/dolphin_babies_birth;_ylt=AiWc9o2tPcIgBiZ5SiS5SFms0NUE

Texas border town faces skunk infestation

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080801/ap_on_fe_st/odd_skunk_infestation;_ylt=AsC9jBRhW2FUYdDgZGnJN7PtiBIF

Mephitidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skunk


Rare snubfin dolphins caught on camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7536830.stm

Orcaella

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snubfin_dolphin

Stomach bug treatment for cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7535531.stm

China's 'rapid renewables surge'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7535839.stm

No hope of saving beached whale

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/hampshire/7536581.stm

Hyperoodon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Bottlenose_Whale

Kiwi Fruit DNA Sequences Released

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731135926.htm

Actinidia deliciosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwifruit


Ivory Poaching At Critical Levels: Elephants On Path To Extinction By 2020?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140219.htm

Virus Behind Mysterious Parrot Disease Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080730140943.htm

Proventricular Dilatation Disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proventricular_Dilatation_Disease

Simian Foamy Virus Found In Several People Living And Working With Monkeys In Asia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140221.htm

Simian foamy virus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simian_foamy_virus

Compounds From Soy Affect Brain And Reproductive Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731140030.htm

Spanish Researchers Discover Significant Leatherback Turtle Nesting Beaches In The Caribbean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801100429.htm

Survival Of The Fittest: Even Cancer Cells Follow The Laws Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801094300.htm

Emerging Scientific Discipline Of Aeroecology

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801094258.htm



Fungi Expert Finds New Species In Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080801074736.htm

'Major Discovery' Primed To Unleash Solar Revolution: Scientists Mimic Essence Of Plants' Energy Storage System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080731143345.htm


Surgeons transplant two arms onto farmer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25967438/

Even surgery doesn't stop alcoholics' habits




Holy cow! Rare red bovine sold for $1 million

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25955183/


'Monster' washes ashore -- what is it?

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/31/moos.montauk.monster.cnn

Are we heading for a human-powered future?


http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209900956&cid=NL_eet

Hungry seals 'steer by the stars'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7532867.stm

Wildcat kittens shown off by park

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7534778.stm

Felis silvestris silvestris

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Wildcat